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GP012
- Perspectives in Drug Use
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| CREDIT
POINTS: |
15 |
| PREREQUISITES: |
None |
| COST: |
$1000 |
| DATES: |
Wednesday
Evenings
5:30pm - 8:00 pm
5 March - 28 May 2008
This subject
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| SUBJECT
COORDINATOR: |
Caroline
Clark |
| CENSUS
DATE: |
4 April 2008 |
SUBJECT/UNIT SUMMARY:
This
subject is one of two fundamental subjects and a prerequisite
for further studies. It will explore historical and contemporary
aspects of drug use in Australia and internationally.
Students will gain an understanding of the social
and political role that drugs have played in the past and
present, on both the individual and social level. The subject
will introduce students to history of drug use in various
cultures of the world and the effects of geopolitical influences
such as colonialism and globalisation on drug use internationally.
It will investigate the socio-political structuring of drug
use in western cultures, and policy and treatment responses.
It will also examine variations in patterns and types of drug
use (including changing availability of drugs over time);
and variations in framing the drug use experience, along with
social and policy responses, according to race, class and
gender.
Students will examine various models of
dependence and the concept and practice of harm minimisation.
They will also learn how to access information about patterns
and prevalence of drug use and associated harms.
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SUBJECT/UNIT OBJECTIVES:
At the end of this subject students
should be able to:
- Discuss historical and cultural variations
in drug use, and social sanctions on use
- Describe and analyse some of the patterns,
prevalence and associated harms, of drug use
- Describe and analyse the broad social,
political and economic factors that affects patterns of
drug use
- Appraise various AOD policies and
programs according to stated aims and harm minimisation
principles
- Describe and analyse models of dependence
and their relation to the development of policy and clinical
responses to AOD use
ASSESSMENT:
- Class presentation with written submission
OR journal review (equivalent 1,000 words) (30%)
- Essay (3,000 words) (70%)
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